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Center stage, Columbia Pictures presents a Laurence Mark production ; a Nicholas Hytner film ; written by Carol Heikkinen ; produced by Laurence Mark ; directed by Nicholas Hytner

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Center stage

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Columbia Pictures presents a Laurence Mark production ; a Nicholas Hytner film ; written by Carol Heikkinen ; produced by Laurence Mark ; directed by Nicholas Hytner

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The artistic director of the American Ballet Company is evaluating a tight-knit group of students as they face the growing pains of their world of dance. Managing their ambitions, romances, and heartbreaks proves to be both invigorating and painful

Extended dance sequences. Includes: Swan lake. Little swans pas de quatre (ca. 1 1/2 min.) / choreography, Lev Ivanov ; music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; danced by Sandra Brown, Elizabeth Gaither, Oksana Konobeyeva, Ekaterina Shelkanova -- Romeo and Juliet. Balcony scene pas de deux [excerpts] (ca. 5 min.) / choreography, Kenneth MacMillan ; music, Sergey Prokofiev ; danced by Julie Kent, Ethan Stiefel -- Stars and stripes. Pas de deux, coda (ca. 2 min.) / choreography, George Balanchine ; music, John Philip Sousa, arr. by Hershy Kay ; danced by Julie Kent, Ethan StiefelDeleted scenes (ca. 2 1/2 min.) / two scenes: Cooper at rehearsal [Ethan Stiefel rehearses the coda from the Stars and stripes pas de deux] ; Charlie shows his stuff [in a scene of a pas de deux class, Sascha Radetsky dances a variation]

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live action